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General Task vs Approval Task in a workflow

  • May 22, 2025
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What is the difference between assigning a general task vs approval task?  Why would you use one versus the other?

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Hi Valerie, 

Welcome to the Box Community!

To explain the difference between a General task vs  Approval task, if you want the assignee merely to accept or reject the task -- for example, approving or rejecting a budget -- you'll want to choose and click Approval Task. For any other activities -- for example, copy editing a blog or filling out an invoice -- you'll want to choose General Task.

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